Images of the prehistoric aurochs can be found in caves in Spain A prehistoric animal which roamed the English countryside 4,000 years ago is to be celebrated with a new piece of artwork. The auroch ...

Using a process known as back-breeding, which involves selectively mating existing varieties of cattle, scientists believe they will soon develop a beast that shares the same characteristics as the ...

The Taurus Program, a partnership of ecologists, geneticists, historians and cattle breeders backed by Stichting Taurus, a Dutch nonprofit, is seeking to re-create the aurochs – depicted in ...

Ancient footprints are more than just a scientific curiosity. The imprints provide a temporary window into the distant past, which can be used to learn about the distribution and size of long-lost ...

At the end of the last ice age, the aurochs was the largest herbivore in Europe. The animal, with its dark coat, broad shoulders and curved horns, was a frequent inspiration for cave painters in ...

We Homo sapiens have been artists throughout much of our prehistory, creating paintings, engravings and statues, often representing animals. Now, a team of researchers has described a new discovery ...

But despite their having gone the way of the dodo and the woolly mammoth, there are plans to bring the giant animals back to life. The huge cattle with sweeping horns which once roamed the forests of ...

A prehistoric animal which roamed the English countryside 4,000 years ago is to be celebrated with a new piece of artwork. The aurochs was a giant horned cow, the wild ancestor of modern domestic ...

A tall, heavy beast with long, forward-curving horns faced down a smaller bull. Its head was held high as if in challenge. The smaller animal seemed to recoil in submission. Even the cave lion, the ...

A tall, heavy beast with long, forward-curving horns faced down a smaller bull. Its head was held high as if in challenge. The smaller animal seemed to recoil in submission. Even the cave lion, the ...

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